After the Fast
Rabbi Joel Leib Herzog – the father of Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac HaLevi Herzog, the late Chief Rabbi of Israel relates in one of his books (Imrei Yoel, part 3, London, […]
A Pesach Story Told About Five Rabbis
Mordechai Lipson relates in his Midor Dor (vol. 3, p. 117, no. 2086) the following about Rabbi Yoshe Ber Soloveichik of Brisk: A few days before Passover a man called […]
The Offenbach Haggadah, 1722
The Haggadah, which is reproduced here, was printed in Offenbach, Germany, in 1722. It is largely the product of one family: Grandfather, father and son. The commentaries and discussions of […]
Unique Exhibition Of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books
At The N.Y. Public Library (Conclusion) Books displayed in the second section, which is devoted to the Oral Tradition, include a volume of the first complete edition of the Babylonian […]
The Vienna Haggadah, 1751
The Haggadah of which a reproduction is presented here was written and illustrated in Vienna in the year 1751 by Aaron Schreiber Herlingen, a well-known artist-scribe. Schreiber, who hailed from […]
The Venice Haggadah, 1716
The Haggadah, which is reproduced here, was printed in Venice in 1716. It is richly illustrated and includes a Judeo-Italian translation of the text and the Seder instructions as well […]
The Trieste Haggadah
In the summer of 1863 the Trieste Italian-Jewish monthly ״Corriere Israelitico״ began to carry announcements of the forthcoming publication of a splendid edition of a Haggadah with illustrations, a new […]
The Kittsee Haggadah of 1782
For centuries after the invention of printing in Europe, the use of handwritten books was still widespread. There were always individuals who preferred, particularly on festive occasions, to use a […]
The Karlsruhe Haggadah, 1796
Jews settled in Karlsruhe, Germany, not long after its establishment in 1715 by Karl Wilhelm, the margrave of Baden-Durlach, who called upon people to come there irrespective of their religious […]
The Fuerth Haggadah, 1741
״One should know that it is a Mitzva . . . to tell our children on this night about the exodus from Egypt . . . for this reason our […]